Taylor R. Oyaas
Mullins Whitfield White & Hillis, PLLC
Taylor is a native Memphian and graduated with honors from the University of Memphis for both her bachelor’s degree and law degree. Taylor has focused her work on family-related matters since 2015. Taylor concentrates her practice in the areas of divorce, alimony, child custody and support, dependency and neglect, termination of parental rights, adoption, paternity/parentage, international custody and property disputes, high asset divorces, orders of protection, prenuptial agreements, and post-divorce matters. Taylor has experience at the trial and appellate level and also handles a wide range of other civil matters in Tennessee, including, contractual, probate and trust, and other general litigation matters.
Taylor's love for research is what drove her to law school, where she served as Research Editor on the Senior Editorial Board of the University of Memphis Law Review, Research Assistant to Professor Andrew J. McClurg, Law Clerk to the Honorable Diane K. Vescovo of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, and Student Attorney in the Child and Family Litigation Clinic. During law school, Taylor's Student Note, Taylor Oyaas, Reefer Madness: How Tennessee Can Provide Cannabis Oil Patients Protection from Workplace Discrimination, 47 U. Mem. L. Rev. 935 (2017), was published in Volume 47 of the University of Memphis Law Review. Taylor's publication has received honors and was favorably relied upon by the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in Noffisinger v. SSC Niantic Operating Co., 273 F. Supp. 3d 326 (D. Conn. 2017). Noffisinger has become a landmark case in many states across the country on this issue of law.
Taylor has continued to research and work on improving policy, where the law remains unclear or should be changed.
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, Victims Rights
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Tennessee
- Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
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- Attorney
- Mullins Whitfield White & Hillis, PLLC
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- Attorney and Non-Equity Partner
- Thomas, White & Gill, PLLC
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- Attorney
- Shea, Moskovitz & McGhee, PLLC
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- Clerk
- The Honorable Chief Magistrate Judge Diane K. Vescovo, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
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- Student Attorney
- Child & Family Litigation Clinic
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- Research Editor and Staff Member for the University of Memphis Law Review
- The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
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- Research Assistant for Professor Andrew J. McClurg
- The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
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- Law Clerk
- The Law Office of William B. Walk, Jr.
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- Law Clerk
- Butler, Sevier, Hinsley & Reid, PLLC
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- University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
- J.D. (2017) | Law
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- Honors: Honors graduate (15% percent of class); CALI Excellence for the Future Awards (highest grade): Intellectual Property Survey, Divorce Law Practicum, and Child & Family Litigation Clinic; Best Student Note Publication Runner-Up; The University of Memphis Law Review Vol. 46 Bluebooker of the Year; Dean's Distinguished Pro Bono Service Award; Memphis Access and Diversity Scholarship.
- Activities: The University of Memphis Law Review Research Editor (Senior Editorial Board) and Staff Member; Research Assistant to Professor Andrew J. McClurg; Student Attorney for the Child & Family Litigation Clinic; Founding Chapter Member of the Hispanic Law Student Association; Student Ambassador; Academic Success Student Panelist.
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- University of Memphis
- B.A. (2014) | English and Professional Writing
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- Honors: Honors graduate
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- Honors Graduate
- The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
- Best Student Note Runner-Up in Vol. 47 of the University of Memphis Law Review
- The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
- Dean's Distinguished Pro Bono Service Award
- The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
- CALI Excellence Award (highest grade): Divorce Law Practicum
- The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
- CALI Excellence Award (highest grade): Child & Family Litigation
- The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
- Memphis Bar Association, Family Law Section
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- Tennessee Bar Association
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- American Bar Association
- Member
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- Memphis Bar Association
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- State Bar of Tennessee
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- Memphis Bar Association, Family Law Section
- Vice Chair
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- Memphis Bar Association, Family Law Section
- Secretary
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- Association for Women Attorneys
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- Mindful Electronic Communications & Co-Parenting
- Thomas, White & Gill, PLLC
- Reefer Madness: How Tennessee Can Provide Cannabis Oil Patients Protection from Workplace Discrimination
- The University of Memphis Law Review, Volume 47
